1 I korero ano a Erihu, i mea,

¶ And Elihu added and said,

2 T ukua ahau, kia iti nei, a ka whakaatu ahau ki a koe; he kupu ano hoki aku mo ta te Atua.

Wait for me a little, and I will teach thee; for I yet speak on God’s behalf.

3 K a tikina atu e ahau toku mohio i tawhiti, ka whakatikaia e ahau ta toku Kaihanga.

I will take my knowledge from afar and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

4 E kore rawa hoki aku kupu e teka: tenei kei a koe te tangata kua tino nui tona matauranga.

For truly my words are not lies; for I share perfect knowledge with thee.

5 N ana, he pakari te Atua, e kore ano ia e whakahawea: pakari tonu te kaha o tona matauranga.

¶ Behold, God is mighty and does not despise; he is mighty in virtue of heart.

6 E kore te tangata kino e whakaorangia e ia; mana te hunga mate e whiwhi ai ki nga mea e tika ana ma ratou.

He shall not give life to the wicked; but to the poor he shall give their right.

7 E kore e mutu tana titiro ki te tangata tika; engari ka whakanohoia ngatahitia ratou e ia me nga kingi ki runga ki te torona ake ake, a ka whakanekehia ake hoki ratou.

He shall not withdraw his eyes from the righteous; but with kings he shall place them on the throne for ever, and they shall be exalted.

8 K i te mea kua herea ratou ki te mekameka, mau pu i te rahiri, ara i nga mate,

And if they were bound in fetters and captive in cords of affliction,

9 N a ka whakakitea e ia ki a ratou ta ratou mahi, me o ratou he, i mea ai ratou i nga mea whakapehapeha.

then he shall show them their work and that their rebellions prevailed.

10 K a whakapuaretia ano e ia o ratou taringa ki te ako, a ka ki kia hoki i te kino.

He opens their ear to instruction and commands that they turn from iniquity.

11 K i te rongo ratou, a ka mahi ki a ia, ka pau o ratou ra i runga i te pai, o ratou tau i runga i nga ahuareka.

If they hearken and serve him, they shall spend their days in goodness and their years in delight.

12 O tira ki te kore ratou e rongo, ka ngaro ratou i te hoari, hemo iho ratou, kahore hoki he matauranga.

But if they do not hearken, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

13 K o te hunga whakaponokore o ratou ngakau, puranga rawa i a ratou te riri; kahore a ratou karanga awhina ina herea ratou e ia.

But the hypocrites in heart shall irritate him more; they shall not cry out when he binds them.

14 K a mate ratou i te taitamarikitanga, a ka ngaro to ratou ora i roto i te hunga poke.

Their soul shall die in youth, and their life is among the male pagan cult prostitutes.

15 K o tana he whakaora i te rawakore ina mate, e whakapuaretia ana e ia o ratou taringa ina tukinotia.

¶ He shall deliver the poor from his poverty, and in affliction shall open their ears.

16 A e ra, me koe ano, tera koe e riro i a ia i roto i te kuititanga ki te wahi whanui; a ki tonu i te ngako te mea e whakatakotoria ki runga ki tau tepu.

Likewise, he would have removed thee out of the mouth of anguish into a broad place where there is no distress and should have set thy table full of fatness.

17 O tiia ki tonu koe i te tikanga a te tangata kino; a mau pu koe i nga tikanga, i te whakarite whakawa.

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked, against the judgment and the justice that sustain everything.

18 N a i te mea he riri tenei, kia tupato kei riro koe i te nui o au rawa; aua hoki koe e whakapeautia e te nui o te utu.

Therefore it is to be feared that he take thee away with a stroke, which cannot be avoided even with a great ransom.

19 E ranea ranei ou rawa, e kore ai koe e taka he? nga uaua katoa ranei o tou kaha?

Will he esteem thy riches? No, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

20 K aua e hiahiatia te po, te wa e riro ai nga tangata i runga i to ratou whai.

Do not desire the night, when he cuts people off in their place.

21 K ia tupato, kaua e tahuri ki te kino; ki tau hoki he pai ake tenei i nga mate.

Take heed, do not regard iniquity, to choose it rather than poverty.

22 N ana, ko te Atua, ko tona kaha hei whakanui, ko wai te kaiwhakaako hei rite mona?

Behold, God is exalted by his power; what teacher is like him?

23 K o wai te kaitohutohu i te ara mona? Ko wai hei mea, Kua he tau mahi?

Who has prescribed his way unto him? Or who shall say unto him, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

24 K ia mahara kia whakanuia e koe tana mahi, e waiatatia nei e te tangata.

¶ Remember to magnify his work, which men behold.

25 K ua tirohia nei e nga tangata katoa e matakitakina mai nei e te tangata i tawhiti.

Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.

26 N ana, he nui te Atua, e kore ano e mohiotia e tatou; e kore ano hoki te maha o ona tau e taea te rapu atu.

Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

27 K o ia nei hei ngongo ake i nga pata wai, ka tauia i tona kohu hei awha:

For he detains the drops of water; when the rain pours down rain out of its vapour,

28 K a ringihia iho nei e nga kapua, a ka maturuturu nui ki runga ki te tangata.

which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

29 A e ra, e mohiotia ana ranei e tetahi nga horahanga o nga kapua, te ngangau o tona tapenakara?

Shall you understand the spreadings of the clouds or the noise of his tent?

30 N ana, e horahia ana e ia tona marama a tawhio noa i a ia; e hipokina ana hoki e ia te takere o te moana.

Behold, he spreads his light upon it and covers the roots of the sea.

31 K o ana mea hoki ena hei whakawa mo nga iwi, nui tonu te kai e homai ana e ia.

For by them he judges the peoples; he gives food to the multitude.

32 E hipokina ana e ia ona ringa ki te uira, a whakahaua iho e ia te wahi e pa atu ai.

With the clouds he covers the light and commands them to come against the light.

33 H ei kaiwhakaatu i a ia tona haruru, e waitohu ana hoki ki nga kararehe i te tupuhi meake puta mai.

The one gives news of the other; the one acquires wrath against the one that comes.